Security Branch
latest news & developments
Police refusal to pay legal costs of former officers means some apartheid-era cases cannot be closed
The families of slain student activists have been waiting an agonising 40 years for justice and closure
Inquest magistrate covered up Haffejee killing – lawyer
The reopened inquest into the death in detention of Dr Hoosen Haffejee in 1977 has heard that the “pliant” magistrate at the original inquest, Trevor Blunden, ignored evidence…
João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty
The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971
Real-life spy drama reads like a novel
How Moe Shaik went from ANC spy to boss of the secret service in the democratic South Africa
Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest
Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act
Inside the Security Branch: Torture between brandy and boerewors
A former SB operative, Paul Erasmus, talks about the torture of a young trade unionist, Neil Aggett, and the machinations at John Vorster Square
Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk
Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings during apartheid
Suicide or not, police killed Aggett
The trade unionist was interrogated by the police and, 70 days later, was found dead in his cell